The trouble with England, it's all pomp and no circumstance. You're very wise to get out of it. Escape while you can.

— Billy Dannreuther (Humphrey Bogart)

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7 seconds sound clip from the Beat the Devil (1953) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:15:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Gloucestershire. The cathedral towns, trout fishing, garden parties.

- What a beautiful life.

- You know England well?

- Emotionally, I am English. I serve tea every afternoon with crumpets.

- And I've always kept up my subscription to Country Life and the Tatler.

- The trouble with England, it's all pomp and no circumstance. You're very wise to get out of it. Escape while you can.

- I'd hardly describe myself as escaping.

- Simply so happened that a relative of mine, first cousin actually, who died recently happened to be the owner of a coffee plantation.

- Africa's the place now. You talk about the diamond boys, the gold boys, they just skimmed a little off the top.

- Potential mineral wealth of Africa has hardly been scratched.

[...]

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